In a fast-paced match that lasted 64 minutes, the younger 20th-ranked Malaysians took the world No 9 pair to three games, before losing 14-21, 22-20,16-21 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon.

Arif-Roy King made a strong comeback to take the second game and force a decider, but the powerful smashes of the Indian pair swung the rubber game in their favour.

Arif-Roy King were hoping to make their first semi-final appearance in a BWF Super 500 event.

The Macau Open last month, in which they won the title, was a Super 300 tournament.

However, they still won a cash prize of US$3,625 (RM15,245) as quarter-finalists in the Hong Kong Open.

Satwiksairaj-Chirag will play Taiwanese pair Chen Cheng Kuan-Lin Bing Wei in the semi-finals tomorrow.

Earlier, women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah booked a semi-final berth. Mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin, and men’s singles shuttler Leong Jun Hao are scheduled to play their quarter-final matches this evening.